Analysing the mobile app market in the USA

18/12/2013
Diego Gutiérrez
Analysing the mobile app market in the USA
According to a study by CBinsights, el tiempo medio que dura entre los 1000 mejores una «app» en itunes store es de 23 días. Además existe una gran variación en función del sector al que se dirija.
 

Top sectors: games and entertainment

The games sector accounts for 30% of the apps in the top 1000. In addition, the 7 dominant sectors account for 75% of the apps. One conclusion from the analysis is how the position changes depending on the day of the week. Gaming and entertainment related apps rise on weekends while productivity related apps rise on weekdays.

"The games sector had several investment operations in Spain, being an active sector for Spanish venture capital. An example of this was the operations of hooptap(led by Business booster)placechallenge (mola.com), playspace (peoplefund)socialpoint (BBVA) and yourgames.com (Itnet)» comenta Diego Gutierrez experto de financiación alternativa en Abra Invest.

A look at the Games sector

When we analyse the games sector in detail, we find some very interesting trends:
-In the last 3 months 1422 apps have been in the top 1000.
– 111 apps han estado de manera consistente en el top 1000.
– 78 «publishers» han estado de manera consistente en el top 1000.
– 20 días de media está un app de juegos en el top 1000

Aquí tenemos el listado de los «publishers» privados que han mantenido sus apps en el top 1000 durante el período analizado.

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